13 July 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) says the new law introducing a vaccine pass system for indoor settings is discriminatory and should be scrapped. We have contacted Ireland’s elected representatives asking them to oppose it. Executive …
9 July 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is strongly opposed to the Government proposal to rush through emergency legislation – which would run roughshod over equality, data protection and privacy law – to reconcile its previous timetable …
2 July 2021 Government has said it intends to bring in a system whereby only people who have been vaccinated will have access to certain indoor settings. ICCL has serious concerns about such a system and the impact it would …
29 June 21 Equality cannot be abandoned during emergencies, according to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL). The organisation was responding to suggestions that indoor dining may be reopened for vaccinated people only. ICCL’s Executive Director Liam Herrick said: …
24 June 2021 A new law which proposes to give adopted people access to their birth certs for the first time is very welcome but must be amended so that all falsified birth certs are covered, and so that adoptions from …
31 March 2021 ICCL submitted a piece to the Restorative Recognition programme for Mother and Baby Homes survivors. We highlighted the human rights obligations on the State which this programme does not reach. We urged the government to learn from …
9 June 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said it is now abundantly clear that the Mother and Baby Homes Commission and its report were not fit for purpose. However, the rights body has said that this …
8 April 2021 A coalition of human rights organisations led by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has submitted a wide-ranging and critical report to the UN Human Rights Council. The organisations are particularly critical of the lack of …
30 March 2021 Our government is failing to properly protect people in its care. The pandemic has highlighted once again the precarious situation faced by people living in the Direct Provision system. There have been a number of outbreaks in …
24 March 2021 On the International Day for the Right to Truth, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the UN expert on truth, justice, and reparations regarding the Mother and Baby Homes Commission report. We have …
18 March 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, calling on him to consider rights before supporting the plan to bring in vaccine certificates for travel across the EU. …
On Women’s Day ICCL calls for access to documents, inquests and a full systemic investigation 8 March 2021 Abuse which could be considered torture, enforced disappearances, modern slavery. These are just some of the wide-ranging and systemic human rights violations …
2 March 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said the pandemic has shown that older people living in residential care are not getting the protection and care they need. And it’s clear that there are problems in …
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is appalled at the planned steamrolling of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2021, (the Bill) through both houses of the Oireachtas today and tomorrow. This is an affront to our democratic system of law …
The Commission must be extended until such time as the Data Protection Commission and any other body has concluded investigations into the legality of the destruction of audio recordings of testimonies given to the Confidential Committee.Survivors have been asking for …
19 February 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said the decision-making process around covid is now deeply dysfunctional. It follows media reports of nine more weeks of hard lockdown, with no official address from the Taoiseach. Ahead …
24 January 2021 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) to express our concern that eyewitness statements have not yet been taken from George Nkencho’s family who were present at the …
ICCL is hiring a Policy Officer to work on our Equality and Hate Crime programme. This is an exciting new position with opportunities to collaborate with ICCL’s partners in this area, including in the Coalition Against Hate Crime. Salary is …
17 December 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has broadly welcomed a Department of Justice report signalling its intention to draft legislation against crimes motivated by hate and prejudice. ICCL has been calling for such legislation for some …
